Ryan Church
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Church with the Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: October 14, 1978 Santa Barbara, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 21, 2004, for the Montreal Expos | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 2, 2010, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .264 | ||
| Home runs | 56 | ||
| Runs batted in | 267 | ||
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Ryan Matthew Church (born October 14, 1978) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Montreal Expos /Washington Nationals, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 14th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft, Church signed June 7, 2000, after graduation from the University of Nevada, Reno. By January 2004, he was traded by the Indians with Maicer Izturis to the Montreal Expos for Scott Stewart.
Church made his major league debut for the Expos in August 2004, struggling in the 30 games he played in the last two months of the season. He ended the season with a .187 batting average.
After struggling in the first month of the 2005 season Church was considered a candidate for the Rookie of the Year Award, until he injured himself running into the outfield wall at PNC Park on June 22, 2005. At the time of the incident, Church was batting .325 with a .544 slugging percentage. After the incident, Church made two trips to the disabled list and was unable to match his hitting performance from the first half of the season.
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